Washington, DC (TLS). Late Wednesday afternoon House Republicans managed to beat back a power-grab by Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Stung by a series of embarrassing defeats and approval numbers of Congress reaching a low ebb, the Speaker had attempted to change a rule in place since 1822 that allows the minority Party to block proposed legislation.
Both Parties have benefited from the rule through the years, which serves to keep a balance of power in effect even when one party is in the minority.
Pelosi, however, wished to take away this power from the Republicans in order to ram through tax increase legislation without as much as a serious debate.
So much for her pledge last November to 'work with the Republicans in a spirit of bipartisan cooperation.'
Such a liar.
Read the whole story here:
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPolitics.asp?Page=/Politics/archive/200705/POL20070516d.html
Thursday, May 17, 2007
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